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"My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there."

"My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there."

Kitty Carlisle, American Musician

Mother, Thought, People, Hollywood

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"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true."

"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

40

"In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress."

"In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Mother, Clothes, Hollywood

40

"My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg."

"My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

40

"My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done."

"My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done."

Buck Owens, American Musician

40

"Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that."

"Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that."

Caroline Corr, Irish Musician

Mother, Father, Jobs, Kids

40

"I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids."

"I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids."

Dorothy Malone, American Actress

Mother, Hollywood, Kids

39

"I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I - or anyone else - could not make any corrections to anything Frank did."

"I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I - or anyone else - could not make any corrections to anything Frank did."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Mother, Mothers, Old, Opinions

39

"I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me."

"I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

39

"My mother said it was simple to keep a man, you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit."

"My mother said it was simple to keep a man, you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Mother, Care, Kitchen, Living

39

"My father is Swedish and my mother is French."

"My father is Swedish and my mother is French."

Eva Green, French Actress

39

"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Mother, Being, Housewife, Interest

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"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."

"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

Mother, Achievement

38

"My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt."

"My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Class, Guilt

38

"My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer."

"My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Mother, Father, Artist, Liza Minelli

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"My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months."

"My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months."

Ginger Rogers, American Actress

Mother, Dancing, Months

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"When a woman gives birth to a child, the child needs to be able to digest the mother's milk; but when this child is old enough to begin to eat other foods, there is some switching off of this ability to consume milk."

"When a woman gives birth to a child, the child needs to be able to digest the mother's milk; but when this child is old enough to begin to eat other foods, there is some switching off of this ability to consume milk."

Marvin Harris, American Scientist

Mother, Ability, Needs, Old

38

"A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do."

"A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do."

Lois Wyse, American Advertising Executive

Mother, Children, Day

38

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."

Shirley Temple, American Actress

Mother, Santa claus

37

"Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me."

"Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me."

Little Richard, American Musician

Mother, Attention, Company

37

"My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas."

"My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas."

Kary Mullis, American Scientist

Mother, Brothers, Christmas

37

"I got nothing. I got my shoes and my pants. I'm staying with a friend. I stop by my mother's every once in a while to get my calls. I don't want to be anywhere anybody can find me."

"I got nothing. I got my shoes and my pants. I'm staying with a friend. I stop by my mother's every once in a while to get my calls. I don't want to be anywhere anybody can find me."

Marc Wallice, American Actor

Mother, Friend, Nothing, Want

37

"My mother is a walking miracle."

"My mother is a walking miracle."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

Mother, Walking

37

"My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune."

"My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune."

Sonny Rollins, American Musician

37

"I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through."

"I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through."

James Cagney, American Actor

37

"I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father."

"I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father."

Jules Feiffer, American Cartoonist

Mother, Father, Contempt, Opinions

37

"When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel."

"When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Mother, Sister, Thought, Light

37

"Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since."

"Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since."

Abigail Adams, American First Lady

Mother, Thought, Knowledge, Daughters

36

"My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully."

"My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully."

Chris Brown, American Musician

36

"So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel ashamed. They didn't cause this. It is not something they did to themselves."

"So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel ashamed. They didn't cause this. It is not something they did to themselves."

Marie Osmond, American Musician

Mother, Babies, Cause, Fault

36

"I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year."

"I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year."

Colin Firth, British Actor

Mother, America

36

"My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar."

"My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar."

Maureen Forrester, Canadian Musician

Mother, Church, Children, Cooking

36

"I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience."

"I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience."

Jayne Meadows, American Actress

36

"The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter."

"The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

Mother, Being, Pets

36

"Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress."

"Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress."

Marta Kristen, American Actress

Mother, Film, Years

36

"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin."

"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

36

"Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum."

"Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum."

Geri Halliwell, British Musician

Mother, Mothers

36

"These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played."

"These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Mother, People, Forget

36

"Madlen came to sit beside her on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It is not the job of the child to protect her mother. It's the mother's job to protect the child. By allowing your mother to protect you, you gave her a gift. Do you understand me?"

Kristin Cashore, American Author

Mother, Protection, Parenting, Boundaries, Love

36

"A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."

"A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."

Thurgood Marshall, American Judge

Mother, Goal, Baby, Challenge

35

"What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad."

"What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Mother, Sister, Brother, Europe

35

"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one."

"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one."

Paul Simon, American Musician

35

"Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics."

"Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

Mother, Difficulty

35

"My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it."

"My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it."

Victor Borge, American Musician

Mother, Father, Cure, Disease

35

"And I thought, you know, I have to say that maybe the whacked out mother is my new favorite role, but I don't want to just do it and become Nurse Ratchett."

"And I thought, you know, I have to say that maybe the whacked out mother is my new favorite role, but I don't want to just do it and become Nurse Ratchett."

Tea Leoni, American Actress

Mother, Thought, Favorite, Want

35

"Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles."

"Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

35

"With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances."

"With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances."

Twyla Tharp, American Dancer

Mother, Children, Favorite

35

"I never turned down a mother role."

"I never turned down a mother role."

Dorothy Malone, American Actress

34

"My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt."

"My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

34

"I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her."

"I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her."

Linda Lavin, American Actress

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